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"THE HIGHEST TYPE."
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HANDS
WITH THE
TRAVELERS.
MANUFACTURED BT
Goin' Ter Pacify Him.
.cW HAD heard so many stories in the West
^
Virginia mountains of the "bad m e n "
with their Winchesters that every time I saw a
man with a gun I fancied he was one of the
heroes of the hills, said Charlie Sisson, and
treated him with corresponding courtesy, not so
much because I was naturally polite as that I
was anxious to leave the country without taking
any lead away in my system. One day I rode
up to a comfortable farmhouse, and seated in
the doorway was a mountaineer with a Winches-
ter on his lap, rubbing it up clean and bright.
"Good morning," I said, most courteously.
"Will you be kind enough to tell me how far
it is to Reed's Mill? "
"Four mile," he responded briefly. " A i r
you going there? "
" Yes, sir ; I'm buying timber."
" Goin' right thar from here ? "
" Yes, sir."
" Well, ef you see a piano salesman thar you
tell him I'm ready for him."
Here, I thought, is one of those shooting
scraps of the mountains budding, only this
time it is an outsider who is to suffer, and my
mind was made up to warn the agent of his
danger.
"I'll tell him, " I said; " b u t what are you
going to do to him ? "
"Wall, stranger," exclaimed the native,
"bein* it's you, I'll tell you. He come here
yistiddy an' sells my wife a piano fer 400 dol-
lars, an'she gave him 200 dollars cash, every
dern cent I had in the house, and then called
me in ter sign a note for the balance. Well, yer
see, I was fer fightin' right then an' thar, an 1
made fer my gun ; but the dern agent headed
me off, an' in about four minutes he had wiped
up about two acres uv y'arth with me, an' then
he walked out an' said he'd be back to-day fer
the balance.''
Now I was sure what that gun meant.
"You wouldn't shoot an unsuspecting man
down in his tracks, would you ? " I said, in spite
of myself.
"Shoot that agent, mister? " he exclaimed,
jumping up. " Shoot him, mister ? Not much ;
he ain't that kind. I'm goin'to try to pacify
him by givin' him this gun an' 100 dollars, an'
the gun's wuth twenty ef it's wuth a cent. I
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171 AND 173 SO. CANAL STREET,
CHICAGO.
THE
Sterling Company,
know when I've got enough, an' I be dog-goned
ef I want ter be walloped clean over the rest uv
my farm. So you can tell him that I'm ready
for him, an' sorter explainify that I ain't so
pizen as I war yistiddy."
By this time my feelings had undergone a
change, and I very willingly agreed to "ex-
plainify."
World's Fair Medals.
^(jjpN a recent communication to a member of
*3 the trade Mr. John Boyd Thacher states
that " t h e World's Fair medal is to carry the
name of the exhibitor in such a way as to form
part of the original inscription. The diploma
is to carry the description of the award. Medals
and diplomas will be ready in May. The exact
wording of the diplomas will be furnished on
application of the exhibitor in March." Mr.
Thacher adds that '' The awards granted at the
World's Columbian Exposition, compared to
the number of exhibitors, present the smallest
number ever granted on the occasion of a
World's Fair. This result distinctly shows that
unusual care and precaution were taken by the
expert judges, who, because of the rule requir-
ing them to declare over their own signatures
the reasons for their judgment, fully realized
the great responsibility thrown upon them. The
exhibitor may, therefore, be assured that his
award will have a value such as the award
granted at previous expositions never gave.
" Any suggestions by any parties whomso-
ever of their ability to furnish the wording of
awards, or any information connected with or
relating to any details of this bureau prior to
the formal announcements to be made from this
office should be regarded as wholly without
warrant and fraudulent.
Exhibitors should
deal directly with the chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee on Awards. Their communica-
tions will receive prompt official attention. No
intermediate agents or attorneys are necessary."
The Steger Piano.
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MANUFACTURERS OF
Pianos and Organs,
FACTORY :
DERBY, CONN.
It is admitted by all that no piano ever put upon the
market has met with such success as THE STERLING
and thousands will testify to their superiority of work-
manship and durability. Why ? Because they are made
just as perfect as a piano can be made.
THE STERLING ORGAN has always taken the lead, and
the improvements made this year puts it far ahead oi
all others. t j y Send for Catalogue.
Hallet & Davis Pianos
ten years ago the East confidentially
claimed nine-tenths of all the piano trade
in America. .There was no reason for such condi-
tion of things, as all the heavy material used in
the manufacture of high grade pianos can be
obtained better in Chicago than in New York,
Boston or Philadelphia. Add to this fact that
Chicago is the center of the hardwood district
and nearer to the average American market.
This will explain to some extent why the West-
ern piano industry has grown to such enormous
proportions.
Some modern pianos are superior in many
features to the older makes. To appreciate this
fact one has only to examine the Steger piano
in Chicago for instance, hear its liquid quality
of tone, try the elasticity of the action, and learn
thereby what the wild West has done to rob
Eastern cities of their reputation as leaders in
the piano line.
The writer himself has had an opportunity of
examining and playing upon different makes of
pianos in Chicago, and pronounces the Steger
as the leader in quality of tone, construction,
and durability. The Steger patent Technicphone
the leading musicians pronounce as the greatest
invention yet introduced in the art of piano-
making.—Chicago Tribune.
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT.
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Established over Half a Century.
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